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This 1934 illustration of the Passover story of the four sons features a caricature of the “wicked” son dressed as Hitler.
Contributor:
Arthur Szyk
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Lodz, Second Polish Republic
(Łódź, Poland)
Date:
1934
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One of Charlotte von Rothschild’s most outstanding works is the only known nineteenth-century Hebrew manuscript to have been illuminated by a woman.
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Charlotte von Rothschild
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Frankfurt am Main, German Confederation
(Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
Date:
1842
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Mattetiah Spagnolo
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Candia, Republic of Venice
(Heraklion, Greece)
Date:
1583
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Paul Christian Kirchner, Johann Georg Puschner, Sebastian Jugendres
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Nuremberg, Holy Roman Empire
(Nuremberg, Germany)
Date:
1724
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Bernard Picart
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands
(Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1725
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Joseph ben Abraham Athias, Abraham Bar Jacob
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands
(Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1695
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. . . and caused us to reach this appointed time.On the first night, one should recite the blessing “who has kept us alive . . .” But on the second night, one should not read it.Blessed are…
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Anonymous
Places:
Kaifeng, Qing Dynasty
(Kaifeng, China)
Date:
17th Century
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This woodcut is an illustration in Sefer minhagim (Book of Customs), a very popular Yiddish book published by Giovanni di Gara, the leading publisher of Jewish books in Venice from 1564 to 1609. It…
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Artist Unknown
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Venice, Republic of Venice
(Venice, Italy)
Date:
1600/1
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Artist Unknown
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Candia, Republic of Venice
(Heraklion, Greece)
Date:
1500–1549
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This maḥzor (holiday prayer book) contains the festival prayers for the whole year, according to the rite of Carpentras, and was copied in Provence. The Jews of the former papal territory of Comtat…
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Artist Unknown
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Carpentras, Papal States
(Carpentras, France)
Date:
1540/1